Anne Bellomy dumped lawn for drought-tough diversity that turned her small, in-town lot into an on-going wildlife preserve with native plants.

Viewpoints in the garden are essential to its design. From indoors and out, from close-up or from a distance, how do you give your garden multiple personalities? See how this garden, tended by designer Scott Thurmon, captures that intrigue for on-going discovery.

Designer Scott Thurmon of Yardworks and Tom Spencer of Central Texas Gardner explore contrasts in garden design with soft structure plants.

In Driftwood, designer Scott Thurmon and architectural designer Robert McKay connected home, garden and wild open spaces through Through repetitive plant form. Diverse texture and foliar color, along with floppier plants, achieve harmony in a setting that combines structural formality with movement.